Improvement in tags



0. E. SAOKETT. Tag.

No. 222,954. Patented Dec. 23,1879.

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NPETERS. PNOTD'LITHOGRRPHER, WASHINGTON D C IINI'IED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE E. SAOKETT, OF GARDEN PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222.954, dated December 23, 1879; application filed June 13, 1879.

' represents the wire ready to be attached to the tag. Fig. 4 is a plan of the cap. manner of securing the wire to the tag. 6 shows the tag completed.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a Fig. 3 is an elevation of the eyelet. Fig. 5 shows the Fig.

more simple, perfect, convenient, and durable wired tag than any now in use. p

The invention consists in securin g the wire to a tag in a novel manner, and so that it will not cut it, and so that the tag will lie flat and not turn edgewise when attached to any article.

A is the blank of the tag, of paper, stout cotton, linen, or other fabric, with two corners cut off, as shown at a a, a crescentshaped opening, I), and two corresponding holes, 0' c. B is ametallic eyelet; G, a cap of paper or other flexible material D, a flexible wire bent in shape for attachment to the tagblank.

The further process of manufacture consists in setting the cap over the eyelet, and then inserting the. smaller end of the latter through the hole in the body of the tag-blank, and in then inserting the loop of the wire through the crescent-shaped aperture and over the projecting end of the eyelet, as shown in Fig. 5; then the flap d! of the blank is turned down and the hole in it pressed over the eyelet, and finally the tag is put in an eyelet-press that spreads and presses the eyelet down, so as to secure the parts firmly together, when the de vice appears as shown in Fig. 6.

The cap G furnishes a bearing for the head of the eyelet, and thereby renders the eyelet less liable to be torn out than if the head of the eyelet came in direct contact with the to the tag, in order to render it more flexible at that point.

thereof, and hence it must be twisted close to the tag in order that it may retain its place,

and in twisting the wires the tag is frequently torn and injured.

In printing on tags the twisted wire is much in the way, as it will not permit the tags to lie flat, nor is it so flexible and easily attached to any article as is the single wire herein shown.

All these and other objections to the wired tags now in use are obviated by my device of attaching the wires by bending them around the shank of the eyelet between the folds of the tag, and permitting their ends to project straight out through the crescent-shaped opening in the fold. 7

Another advantage possessed by this tag is, that it is much more flexible, and consequently not so readily torn or broken in ordinary usage, where the wire is secured to it, because the cap is separate from it, i. 6., not

glued or pasted to itin the usual manner, nor

is there any metal cap with points penetratin g the tag to make it especially liable to break I at that point. I

I do not confine myself to an eyelet separate from the cap, or to a cap of paper or other fabric, because cap and eyelet in one piece, and

of metal or other material, may be used without departing from my invention 5 but Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, the within-described tag, consisting of the tag-blank A, with eyelet B and cap 0, and wire D, bent around the shank of the eyelet, the said eyelet serving the double purpose of securing the wire to the tag, and the flap of the tag to the body of the same, substantially as herein shown and described. CLARENCE E. SAOKETT.

Witnesses:

J. W. F. RANDALL, SAMUEL LUMBARD. 

